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Our obsession with weight, obesity and diets is explored in this two-part series by top British comedienne Victoria Wood.

This fat-themed programme was the highest rated documentary programme of the week on BBC One February 2004 with 6.7 million viewers. Victoria presents her take on the diet industry, interviewing various celebrities and looking at the multi-million pound business of diets aids. Asking how much of it is a con exploiting the nation’s insecurities with weight with little effect?

A Liberty Bell production for BBC One
Episodes available: 2 x 60 minutes